In the current fiscal year, while Tatopani Customs is collecting 2.75 billion 86 million revenue, the revenue collection from Rasuwagadhi checkpoint is zero.
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1194 electric vehicles have entered in the 38 days since Mustang's Korla crossing has been operational. Similarly, clothes, shoes and slippers are also imported through this channel. Rasuwagadhi crossing has been closed since June 24. The goods coming from there are also entering through Korla border now.
The Tatopani crossing of Sindhupalchok was also closed for a long time due to a landslide in the Kodari section under Arani highway. After the landslide was removed from last October 8, the checkpoint was put into operation . As this crossing was also closed for a long time, Dasain goods were brought into Nepal through Korla crossing. Revenue has been collected at 2 billion 243 million rupees after the Korla Pass came into operation.
This checkpoint has been operational since August 21. Containers from China bring goods to Lizhi in China. Then the container from Nepal loads the goods from there and brings them to Korala in Mustang. More electric vehicles were brought in for the festival. Ramesh Khadka, customs officer of Mustang Customs Office, said that 158 containers that went to collect goods after Dasain went to China.
'There is a problem because of the cold,' he said, 'There is a problem in the containers that go to pick up goods and they stop in the middle of the way.' Driving an electric vehicle is not a problem. "Due to the high altitude, there is a problem for the container to bring goods," he said, "There is no problem with the road, when there was a problem with the rain a while ago, there was nothing here, the goods kept coming in freely." He said that there was no problem even going to Pokhara from Mustang.
Only Mustang drivers can go to China to get goods. He said that the border is in Korla and China's Liji is 500 meters away from here. The customs office is in Nechung, which is at an altitude of 3,900 meters. Korla Naka is at a distance of 14 km from Nechung, which is at an altitude of 4 thousand 6 meters . "There is no problem in importing goods because there is no problem with the road, but there is a problem when the vehicles going to pick up the goods stop on the road because of the cold," he said. He said that only limited companies have charging stations. Since
, the Tatopani crossing has been blocked and closed due to frequent landslides and has been reopened since October 8. Customs Officer and Information Officer of Tatopani Customs Office, Larcha, Ramesh Sah said that goods are now coming through this border. "China leaves only 15/20 containers daily," he said, "in which there are many fruits." Electric vehicles are arriving in small numbers. Meanwhile, the border remained closed due to Dasain.
"The checkpoint was opened on the 19th after Dasain," he said, "now 2/3 electric vehicles are coming daily." Daily, 20 empty containers are leaving from Nepal and the same number of containers are coming from there. "Now walnuts are coming mostly for Tihar," he said. "The target of revenue collection in the current financial year is 24 billion 47 crores," he said, "because the checkpoint has been closed for a long time, revenue has not been collected as per the target." The Belybridge and the road connecting the crossing have not yet been built. Rasuwagadhi crossing is now closed after the bridge connecting the crossing was swept away by the flood in Lhende river on June 24th. Before the crossing is operational, a Beilibridge should be built on the Lhende river and then the road connecting Rasuwagadhi to Safrubesi should be made easy .
Tulsi Prasad Bhattarai, Chief Customs Officer of Rasuwa Customs Office, said that it is difficult to open the border during Tihar. "The Beilibridge has not been built," he said, "it is taking time, the road to Nepal has not been built either." Prepared goods from China used to come to Nepal through this crossing. About a hundred containers used to pass through this crossing daily.
Rasuwa Customs Office has set a revenue collection target of 40 billion 16 million rupees in the current fiscal year. "So far, the target was to collect 12 billion rupees in revenue, but it was not possible because the border was not opened," he said.
